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2023 Best Value Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$35,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$101,504 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree School for You

Dentistry is the #16 most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for dentistry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Dentistry

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for dentistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Marquette University is a great value for dentistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.

Marquette did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Detroit Mercy are $21,276 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Detroit Mercy also is in the top 10% of our Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great value for dentistry students working on their doctor’s degree. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midwestern University - Downers Grove. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.

Midwestern University - Downers Grove graduate students pay an average of $47,207 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dentistry students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Case Western are $49,398 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Case Western also is in the top 15% of our Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Best Dentistry Colleges by State

Explore the best dentistry colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 308
Ohio 178
Michigan 277
Indiana 115
Wisconsin 98

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, dentistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dentistry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 6,770

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.

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